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WAEC SSCE - English Language - 2007 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

In each of the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words lettered A - D, choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentences.
The government has decided that,from next year military service will no longer be compulsory: it will be........................
Answer Details
The word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and will correctly fill the gap in the sentence is "optional". The sentence talks about the government's decision to make military service no longer compulsory, which means that people will have a choice whether or not to participate. Therefore, the opposite of compulsory is optional, as it implies that something is not mandatory and depends on individual choice.